T H E P E L EW IS l i t NDS .
Their heft knives were formed of a piece of the large
mother .of pearl oyfter-ftiêll, ground marrow, and the out->
ward fide a little poliftted.-r-The fort more eomrnoii was made,
of a piece of fome mpfcle-dhell, or of a fplit bamboo, which
they fharpen to an. edge, and render exceedingly, ftimee-
able.
Their combs were formed bf: the oramgertree.t thé handle
and teeth faftiioned from the lolid wood, and not in feparate
pieces cloftly conne&ed together, like thofe brought fhom
moft of the late-cMfcoverediflands.
No man ftirred abroad without his bafket of bci^?nut.—
The common order of people had a Ihort piece of harnboo, in
which trjiey- carried the powdered ehinam, to ftrew dyer the
beetle-nut before they put it in their mouths. The
or great people had their ehinam in a: long flènder bamboo*
nicely poliflied,-and inlaid-with pybce's- of fhells at each end $
and thefe-wefe often not inelegantly fancied;
Their fiftiingrhooks wereof tortoifer-ftieli. Their twiabs,
their cords* and all their fifhingrnets, were yyell matmfa^mf-'
ed^ and made from the hufks of tlMdbeoaihijt. The mats
on Syhich they flept, and threw over them when
were formed of the plantaindeafi
t At their meals they generally ufed a pl&mtain-feaf infigad
of a plate; the fhell of the cocoa-nut ferving ,as a cup tQ
drink out of, which they fametimss golhhed. •wrf f&ggygjt
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